Logstash 2.1.1 and 1.5.6 released

We are happy to announce that Logstash versions 2.1.1 and 1.5.6 has been released today! Jump to the downloads page for the binaries, where you can also find the full list of changes that made these releases.

Bug Fixes

This is mainly a bug fix release, some of which we highlight below:

Windows Memory Leak Issue

This release bundles a new version of JRuby - 1.7.23, which fixes an important memory leak issue reported on Windows when using the file input (3754). Check our detailed post on how we debugged this issue and collaborated with the JRuby team to resolve it. This fix has also been backported to version 1.5.6.